The Grumpy Expat Forum

Now here's something you won't see every day!

Many expats. live in villages but we here little about the lifestyle and what goes on in the countryside. Much of the country's wealth is created by village folk; rice, fruit, vegetables chickens and even factories are all out of town. Many village people migrate to work in the tourist industry. The houses are different. The standard of living is different, cash poor people often owning large areas of land. Perhaps even the community spirit ...

People over 25 should be death !!

Our childbeds were paint with lead-colored, we had no child-saftyness on medicinbottles or on doors. sometime we get a little snaps when we not want to sleep.
When we bicyclet we didn't wear a helmet..
As kids we drive without safebelt or yes yes no airbags.
We drank wather from the garden hose AND NOT FROM BOTTLES
IT GET WORSE

We ate white bread with butter, drank soda ...

The article by Thomas Gösta Svensson.

Yes, it does not sound like vacation, but it was actually a part of it, myself and about 100 others from around the world, had agreed to use our scarce free time.

And it was all worth the effort.

The place is Suan Mokkh monastery, which lies in a forest in the middle of Thailand. Here are a monthly organized meditation courses for foreigners and Thais, where in 10 ...

I don't think i have laughed as much as this for a very long time, If you have 5 mins read this, and if you have time after try reading some of the others linked on the left of the page...

http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html

They are not all funny but most are... ;)

Whenever passengers get into my car I ask them to fasten their seat belts. My wife always does as a matter of course but when family members get into the back seat they never do. I ask them to buckle up and they just look blank. Then I tell them that we go nowhere until they do. This happens every time. I don't know whether they forget or hope that I forget. I've explained more ...

Like them or hate them, we all use them. What are your favourites?

Here are some examples to get us started:

Getting smashed or hammered - being drunk
Big, fluffy, full-figured or heavy-set - fat
Lost their lives - were killed
Wellness - benefits and treatments that tend to only be used in times of sickness
Restroom - toilet room in American English (the word toilet was itself originally a euphemism)
A love of musical ...

The internet is rich in memorable quotations that stimulate thought or, at least, make good signature lines on forum profiles. Here are some for starters. Do you have some to share?

Everything you can imagine is real.
- Pablo Picasso

The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money.
- David Richerby

Real strength is not just a condition of one's muscle, but a tenderness in one's spirit.
- McCallister Dodds ...

Before anyone gets completely lashed he should bear in mind that these days he could appear on You Tube making a complete ass of himself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZmDWltBziM

A Jack Daniels Fish Story



I went fishing this morning but after a short time I ran out of worms.

Then I saw a cottonmouth with a frog in his mouth. Frogs are good bass

bait.


Knowing the snake couldn't bite me with the frog in his mouth I grabbed

him right behind the head, took the frog, and put it in my bait bucket.


Now the dilemma was how to release the snake without ...